clots 1 of 2

plural of clot
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clots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clots
Noun
Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 Proteins and lipids and organic clots of fish scales. Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Clotting factors, which are proteins in the blood, work with platelets to form clots. Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 The cornerstone of treatment is anticoagulants, or blood thinners, which reduce the risk of new clots and help the body gradually break down the existing clot. Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025 She was taken off the blood thinners immediately and then had emergency vascular surgery to remove the clots and install a stent to flatten the cyst that was causing the clots. Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clots
Noun
  • Instead of forming evenly in all directions, the clusters grew unevenly, faster in some directions than others.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Break up the plantings of shrubs with clusters of attractive evergreen trees.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.
    Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This blocks criminals from opening new credit lines using your information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Its antivirus also protects your devices through the cloud and blocks threats in real-time.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was used to recording batches of 15 songs.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This marks the 18th edition in the annual series, which features a unique blend of three bourbon recipes and four different batches, bottled at barrel strength.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ship sports other battle scars as well; several chunks are missing near its base, which looks a bit like the ear of a dog that lost a fight.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The team worked with four participants, each almost completely paralyzed, who had micro electrode arrays implanted in slightly different areas of the motor cortex.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Previous attempts to develop flat-panel laser displays have required complicated laser arrays or low-throughput fabrication methods, greatly limiting their performance and scalability, the researchers say.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Clots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clots. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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